Lantern-frame.



A. H. HANDL AN, J3.

LANTERN FRAME.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1910.

979,848. Patented D6027, 1910.

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ALEXANDER H. HANDLAN, JR., OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

LANTERN-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 27, 1910,

Application filed. September 30, 1910. Serial No. 584,613.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER H. HAND- LAN, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing in the city of St. Louis and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLantern-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to a frame for a hand lantern, the object of theinvention being to construct a frame of this description having a highdegree of rigidity at the,

points where the guard members are attached to the guard hoop, andfurther to provide for such construction in a manner that permits of theframe being assembled by unskilled labor.

Figure I is an elevation of my lantern frame. Fig. II is an enlargedhorizontal section, taken on line IIII, Fig. I, with a portion of thetop ring of the guard hoop shown in horizontal section. Fig. III is avertical cross section taken on line III-III, Fig. II.

In the accompanying drawings: A designates the hood of the lanternframe, and B the guard hoop beneath said hood, these parts beingconnected by the vertical guard wires 1 interposed between them and heldin their proper relation by the horizontal guard Wires C. The parts thusfar described may be, in the main, constructed as they commonly are inlantern frames, my invention pertaining to the construction of the lowerends of the vertical guard wires 1 and means carried by the guard hoopB, through the medium of which said wires are connected to said hoop.

The guard hoop B is surmounted by a guard receiving ring 2, the upperportion of which is horizontally disposed, and juts outwardly from theguard hoop. The horizontal portion of said ring is provided with aplurality of perforations 3 corresponding in number to the number ofvertical guard wires 1, and which receive said guard wires.

4 is a depending flange extending downwardly from the outer edge of thehorizontal portion of the guard receiving ring, and inwardly toward theguard hoop B, thereby providing an annular pocket 5 beneath the guardwire receiving ring at the exterior of the guard hoop, and which isbounded by the tached to the guard hoop. I, therefore, do 0.1

guard hoop and the horizontal and flanged portions of the guardreceiving ring.

The vertical guard wires 1 are provided at their lower ends with arms 1extending at angles to the upper portions of the wires that will providefor such arms being horizontally disposed within the annular pocket 5provided by the guard hoop and the guard receiving ring, with the mainportions of the vertical guard wires vertically disposed as they shouldbe in the construction of the lantern frame.

In the manufacture of my lantern frame, the vertical guard wires areassembled in the guard receiving ring 2 while the downturned andinturned flange 4 of said ring is disposed in a downwardly extendingdirection, only, thereby permitting the passage of the arms 1 and thelower ends of these guard wires through the perforations 3 in thehorizontal portion of the ring, and the arrangement of the guard wiresin vertical positions with their arms 1'" positioned horizontallybeneath the guard wire receiving ring. The horizontal guard wires C arethen attached to the vertical guard wires, and the vertical guard wiresare connected to the hoop B. After these steps have been carried out,the flange 4; of the guard wire receiving ring 2 is bent inwardly towardthe guard hoop, with the result of causing it to confine the arms 1 ofthe vertical guard wires within the guard wire receiving ring 2. Thefinal step in the production of the frame consists in dipping the frameinto a solder bath to firmly unite the parts of the frame at the jointswhere they are fitted together, and inasmuch as the solderin this bathmay enter freely into the pocket 5 of the guard wire receiving ring 2,the surface in such pocket becomes coated with solder, in consequence ofwhich the arms 1 of the vertical guard wires are firmly and securelyfastened to the parts adjacent thereto, thus producing highlysatisfactory rigid connections between the vertical guard wires and theguard hoop of the lantern frame.

In the drawings, Fig. III, I have shown the guard wire receiving ring 2as made independently of the guard hoop B and secured to said guardhoop, but it is obvious that this ring might be made integrally with theguard hoop and serve the same purpose as it would when made separatelyand, at-

not limit myself to the Construction shown I upperportion of saidreceiving member and 10 in the drawings. having lower armsat angles totheir upper I cla1m': portions confined within said receiving mem- In alantern frame, a guard hoop prober by its flange. vided at its upper endwith an outwardly jutting guard wire receiving member hav- ALEXANDERHANDLAN ing a downturned flange extending inwardly In the presence oftoward the guard hoop, and vertical guard M. C. HAMMON,

wires extending downwardly through the E. B. LINN.

